Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aromanian fluiarã, fluearã,[1] from Latin flātūrālis (blowing, adj.), from flātūra (act of blowing).[2]

Noun

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flojere f (definite flojerja)

  1. (dialectal) flute

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Descendants

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  • Greek: φλογέρα (flogéra)

References

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  1. ^ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1997), 172.
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 100.